Necktie-fastener.



' No. 634,600. Patented Oct. 10, I899.

B. F, WDODING.

NEGKTIE FASTENEB.

(Application filed Feb. 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. WOODING, DENVER, COLORADO.

N ECKTlE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 634,600, dated October 10, 1899. Application filed February 28, 1899. Seiial No. 707,238 (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatI, BENJAMIN F. W oomne, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie- Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in necktie-fasteners, my object being to provide a device of this class which shall be simple in construction, economical in cost, reliable, durable, and efficient in use; and to these ends the invention consists of the features hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device shown in detail and on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 shows the device in connection with the collar before the necktie is applied. Fig. 3 shows the necktie in place and partly tied.

Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts in these views, let the numeral 5 designate the fastener as a whole. This device is formed from an integral piece of wire and comprises'the button-loop 5, the

lateral upwardly-extendin g parts 5,the bends 5 and downward extensions 5 the bends 5 the lateral projections 5 the bends 5 the spring-arms 5 and their eye extremities 5. The loop 5 is adapted to slip over the front collar-button 6, the opening Abeing contracted, as shown. The arms 5 are curved to conform to the shape of the neck and'are adapted to engage the neckband of the shirt, being located between said band and the collar. The parts 5, 5 and 5% form an upward projection located between the shirt-neckband and the collar .7, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. 'The lower edge of the collar vice.

rests on the outward or forward bends 5 while the spring-arms 5 are exposed in front of the collar and project forward sufficiently to receive thenecktie 8.

In using the device the loop 5 is slipped over the collar-button 6 from above before the collar 7 is buttoned. The collar is then buttoned and conceals the device, except the spring-arms 5. (See Fig. 2.) The necktie 8 is then passed around the collar in the usual manner and the first knot loosely formed. The portion of the tie extending upwardly from this knot during the operation of tying is then pressed against one of the arms 5, which will yield sufliciently to allow the tie to pass into the space between the collar and the arms 5'. As soonas one arm 5" is pressed inwardly the tie is slipped to the rear of the opposite arm, allowing the first-named arm to return to its normal position, after which i the tieis moved to a central position behind the twoarms 5*. The first knot is then drawn tight in the usual manner and the bow formed, which completely conceals the fastening dc The eye extremities 5 are located in such proximity to each other that the tie can- 'not possibly slip out and become disengaged from the fastener, which holds the bow securely in place, preventing it from moving up or to the side in either direction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a

' necktie-fastener formed from an integral piece of wire, comprising the rear central buttonloop open at its lower extremity, the lateral, upwardly-projecting portions located behind the collar, and the forward spring-arms terminating in front of the'loop, their extremities being in such proximity to each other as to prevent the tie from slipping out when inserted. 2. A necktie-fastener, comprising the button-loop, the curved, downwardly-projecting, lateral extensions adapted to occupy a position between the collar and the neckband of the shirt, the forward bends o 'engaging the lower edge of the collar, and the front springarms terminating in eyes located in front of the loop and in suitable proximity to each spring-arms 5" terminatingin eyes 5 located other. in suitable proximity to each other. to

3. A necktie-fastener formed from an in- In testimony whereof I affix my Signature tegral piece of Wire, comprising the buttonin presence of two Witnesses. 5 loop 5 having a contracted lower opening, BENJAMIN F. XVOODING.

the upward projections comprising the parts WVitnesses: 5, 5 and 5 the bends 5", the lateral exten- A. J. OBRIEN, sions 5 the forward bends 5 and the front NELL IE G. DANIELS. 

